End of Summer

We had end of Summer/Start of Fall camping trip, aka-Halloween Camping!!!  Little Man loved every minute of his first Halloween Camping.  We were also excited to get to really use our remodeled vintage camper.  We bought this camper right after Halloween Camping last year and have been remodeling it.  My hubby has done an amazing job with this camper since it ended up with more water damage than first thought.

Our weekend started on Friday evening at the camp ground with homemade Brunswick Stew and a campsite outdoor movie.  Saturday was even better with fresh donates made onsite, annual family costume dress up and camp ground costume contest(Yes, We WON! Our theme this year was Toy Story), homemade chilli for dinner, and one final outdoor movie to finish the season!  It was a great weekend with family and friends!

Tomorrow is a big day!  We mail off our I800A for adoption #2! I can not believe we are finally to this step.  The end of paperwork is in sight! 

We also want to at this important time in the adoption process is remember the cost of adoption.  Adoption does not come cheap.  Anyone who has been through it or close to someone who has done it knows the financial burden associated with International Adoption.  For us it has been hard because we are doing this back to back.  We have several fundraisers going.

1. Puzzle Fundraiser-(see the YouCaring link to the right)A donation of $10 will buy 1 puzzle piece. Your name will be written on that piece so that we will always be able to remember the ones that helped "piece our family together"
2. Shop on Amazon! This is too easy!  Whenever you want to buy something from Amazon come to our blog and click on one of the Amazon links.  Amazon in turns pays us for advertising!
3. ThredUP-All you have to do is create an account, order a bag, fill it with cloths your children have out grown, mail it back, wait to get paid, then donate to us!  This is a great way to help a good cause and clean out closets at the same time!

“My friends, adoption is redemption. It’s costly, exhausting, expensive, and outrageous. Buying back lives costs so much. When God set out to redeem us, it killed Him.”-- Derek Loux

Kindergarten

My little boy is growing up too fast!!! He started kindergarten this week and I was so excited for him until the moment he got in the car with his TaTa to drive off to school.  I was anxious all day at work to know how his day went and couldn't wait to get home.  He had good first week and is excited each day to go.  I have to brag on him because his teacher is amazed at how well his language skills are.  She can't believe he has only been speaking English for 8 months. 

In other news...We did finally move into our new house(YAY!!).  It is so so nice having more space, especially for toys!  We also had our last home study visit for Adoption #2.  This process is moving right along.  We so bad want our new little one home with us and the closer it gets to getting them home the more we feel it.  It is a little sad to walk past their room that is all ready for them and not see a smiling little face looking back at you.

We are winding down the summer with a few more weekend trips to the lake before the cold weather hits.  But we are looking forward to the Fall and our Annual Halloween Camping Trip!